Telegony
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Telegony is a lost ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Eugammon of Cyrene, that continued the story of Odysseus and his son Telemachus after the events of Homer’s Odyssey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Telegony canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T896632 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Telegony Context triple: [Telemachus, appearsInWork, Telegony]
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A.
Protogeneia
Protogeneia is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as the daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha and associated with the earliest generations of humankind after the great flood.
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B.
The Mysterious Mother
The Mysterious Mother is a 1768 Gothic verse drama by Horace Walpole that explores dark themes of incest, guilt, and religious anxiety within an aristocratic family.
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C.
Heraia
Heraia was an ancient Greek women’s athletic festival and footrace held at Olympia in honor of the goddess Hera.
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D.
Eidolon
Eidolon is an online classics journal and magazine that presents accessible, socially engaged writing on the ancient world for a broad contemporary audience.
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E.
Daughters of Penelope
Daughters of Penelope is a women’s philanthropic and fraternal organization associated with the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, dedicated to promoting Hellenic culture, education, and community service.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Telegony Target entity description: Telegony is a lost ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Eugammon of Cyrene, that continued the story of Odysseus and his son Telemachus after the events of Homer’s Odyssey.
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A.
Protogeneia
Protogeneia is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as the daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha and associated with the earliest generations of humankind after the great flood.
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B.
The Mysterious Mother
The Mysterious Mother is a 1768 Gothic verse drama by Horace Walpole that explores dark themes of incest, guilt, and religious anxiety within an aristocratic family.
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C.
Heraia
Heraia was an ancient Greek women’s athletic festival and footrace held at Olympia in honor of the goddess Hera.
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D.
Eidolon
Eidolon is an online classics journal and magazine that presents accessible, socially engaged writing on the ancient world for a broad contemporary audience.
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E.
Daughters of Penelope
Daughters of Penelope is a women’s philanthropic and fraternal organization associated with the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, dedicated to promoting Hellenic culture, education, and community service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek epic cycle poem
ⓘ
lost ancient Greek epic poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Cyrene ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | post-Homeric epic tradition ⓘ |
| closesNarrativeArcOf | Odysseus’ life in the Epic Cycle ⓘ |
| continuesStoryOf |
Odysseus after his return to Ithaca
ⓘ
Telemachus after the events of the Odyssey ⓘ |
| dateApproximation | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| endingDescribedBy |
Proclus’ Chrestomathy
ⓘ
linked to:
Proclus' Chrestomathy
|
| featuresCharacter |
Athena
ⓘ
Calypso ⓘ Circe ⓘ Odysseus ⓘ Penelope ⓘ
linked to:
Penelope (nymph)
Telegonus ⓘ Telemachus ⓘ |
| followsWork |
Odyssey
ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Odyssey
|
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| geographicalSetting |
Ithaca
ⓘ
Thesprotia ⓘ
linked to:
Epirus
island of Circe (Aiaia) ⓘ
linked to:
island of Aeaea
|
| hasTheme |
aftermath of the Trojan War
ⓘ
family reunion and reconfiguration ⓘ fate and unintended patricide ⓘ |
| knownFrom | later summaries and testimonia ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| meter | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Odysseus
ⓘ
Telemachus ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | Epic Cycle ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Odysseus marries the Thesprotian queen Callidice
ⓘ
Odysseus returns again to Ithaca ⓘ
linked to:
Odysseus
Odysseus travels to Thesprotia ⓘ Telegonus is son of Odysseus and Circe ⓘ Telegonus marries Penelope in some accounts ⓘ Telegonus unknowingly kills Odysseus ⓘ Telemachus marries Circe in some accounts ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Aethiopis
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Cypria ⓘ Iliou Persis ⓘ Little Iliad ⓘ Nostoi ⓘ |
| status | lost ⓘ |
| survivesAs | fragments and summaries rather than full text ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | “story of Telegonus” ⓘ |
| traditionallyAttributedTo | Eugammon of Cyrene ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Telegony Description of subject: Telegony is a lost ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Eugammon of Cyrene, that continued the story of Odysseus and his son Telemachus after the events of Homer’s Odyssey.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.